Helicarion mastersi is a species of air-breathing land snail, also referred to as a semi-slug because of its small shell. It is a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicarionidae.
The specific name mastersi is in honor of the Australian malacologist George Masters (1837–1912),Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2011). 2,400 years of malacology, 8th ed. , 936 pp. + 42 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society who collected the type specimen.
Subspecies Subspecies include: Helicarion mastersi callidus Iredale, 1941 Helicarion mastersi mastersi (Cox, 1868)
Distribution This species is found in New South Wales, Australia.
The type locality is Kiama, New South Wales, Australia.
Description Helicarion mastersi was originally described (under the name Vitrina mastersi) by James Charles Cox in 1868. Cox's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
Ecology This semislug lives in closed Eucalyptus forests. It is primarily an arboreal species, but it can also be found in leaf litter.
References This article incorporates public domain text from the reference
External links
"Species Helicarion mastersi (Cox, 1868)". Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 18 September 2011.